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Tag Archives: Sadness
Hidden from view
Here, too, hidden from view With breath abating, I’m patiently waiting To see and be seen, what a wonderful dream Heavy heart, broken apart Fallen tears, restless fears I gave him my youth, he clouded the truth I thought I … Continue reading
Posted in Healing, Healing Through the Arts, Poetry, Soul, Soul wounds, spirituality
Tagged Awareness, Consciousness, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery, Sadness, Spirituality
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Not with Haste
I adore Mumford and Sons. They are, quite honestly, medicinal to my soul “Not With Haste” Your eyes they tie me down so hard I’ll never learn to put up a guard So keep my love, my candle bright Learn … Continue reading
Posted in A Lamp In the Darkness, Healing, Healing Through the Arts, Love
Tagged Inspirational quotations, Love, Madness, Recovery, Sadness, Spirituality
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To no one in particular and to you in particular
I don’t want to live like this anymore (upset, tearful, afraid). I don’t want to keep beating myself up for my failures. I was taught to mistrust my Self. I was taught to hate my Self. I can see, though, … Continue reading
Posted in adult child of alcoholics, adult survivors of abuse, Affirmations, Alcoholism, anxiety, Compassion, Ego, Emotionally Absent Mother, Empathic resonance, Grief and Loss, Grounding, Healing, Healing Power of Tears, Healthy detachment, Personal growth, Seeking the sacred, Self-affirming, self-criticism, Trapped in the Mirror, Trauma, trauma recovery, True Self, Trust
Tagged Awareness, Consciousness, Journey, PTSD, Sadness, Spirituality
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Accepting when it’s hard.
Yesterday, my best internet friend needed a month-long break from me. Not a couple of days, not a couple of weeks. But a whole month. I have separation anxiety. I know this is stupid and irrational. I KNOW I’d been … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Broke Down Spirit, Connection, Disconnection, Friendship, Grief and Loss, Healing, Healthy detachment, Highly Sensitive Person, Mindfulness, Moods, Radical Acceptance, Radical forgiveness, Radical self-forgiveness, Sadness, True Self, Trust
Tagged Friendship, Grief and Loss, Sadness, Spirituality
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Surrendering is hard for me.
There’s all this “stuff” going on in my life that’s challenging me. I’m a highly sensitive person. I don’t know if I would have been this way anyway, or if I became this way due to childhood and relationship trauma. … Continue reading